#488DD7#488DD7

#488DD7 is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.132 H 252.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#488DD7
RGB	rgb(72, 141, 215)
HSL	hsl(211, 64%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(211, 67%, 84%)
CMYK	cmyk(66.5%, 34.4%, 0%, 15.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.40, 1.66, -44.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.40, 44.34, 272.15°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.0407 -0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.132 252.1)
XYZ	xyz(24.4586, 25.3313, 67.8772)
Luminance	0.2533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#488DD7 #D79248

analogous

#48D5D7 #488DD7 #4B48D7

triadic

#488DD7 #D7488D #8DD748

tetradic

#488DD7 #D748D5 #D79248 #48D74B

square

#488DD7 #D748D5 #D79248 #48D74B

split-complementary

#488DD7 #D74B48 #D5D748

monochromatic

#1E5087 #296EB9 #488DD7 #7AACE2 #ACCCED

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#488DD7 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.07

#488DD7 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #488DD7

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##488DD7	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##488DD7	1.00	3.46	6.07	6.07
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C91DA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5884D6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009EA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #488dd7;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(72, 141, 215);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.132 252.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89aee3',
    500: '#488dd7',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #488dd7;
$custom-light: #89aee3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#488dd7",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 72,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 215
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.049,
    "s": 64.126,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63243,
    "c": 0.13208,
    "h": 252.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#488DD7

secondary

#DBBEA0

accent

#9741E7

background

#F9FAFD

surface

#F1F4FB

border

#CBCED4

text

#0D1015

muted

#7E7F83

Preview Lab

Preview with #488DD7

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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